Month: February 2017

I recently gave a presentation to a joint Cardiff University/Institute of Welsh Affairs event held to discuss immigration. As part of on-going research by Wales Governance Centre on public attitudes in Wales, we have asked some questions in various of our surveys about attitudes to various matters related to immigration. Slides from the presentation areRead more

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As most of you blog readers will know – not least because I discussed it in last week’s blog post, the major electoral event that is due to occur in Wales this year – assuming that we don’t have a ‘snap’ general election – is the local elections for all of Wales’ 22 local authorities.Read more

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The last day of January saw the Welsh Government publish a White Paper on Reforming Local Government: Resilient and Renewed. Introduced by Mark Drakeford, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, the White Paper covered a wide range of ground, including regional partnerships between councils and the possibility of voluntary mergers between local authorities.Read more

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The major electoral event scheduled for 2017 in Wales is the local elections. On 4th May, all of Wales’ twenty-two local authorities are up for full re-election. Most of these last had elections in 2012; because of some ‘local difficulties’, the election in Ynys Môn was suspended until 2013. But proposals made before the 2016Read more